II ·C .. nsus of India, .1951 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK UTT A R P Rr\OESH .' 5-BULANDSHAHR DISTRICT ALLAH A BAD: SUPERINTENDENT, PRINTING AND STATIONERY, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA 1954 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK 1951 BULANDSHAHR DISTRICT FOREWORD Several States, including Uttar Pradesh, have been publishing village statistics by districts at each census. In 1941 they were published in U. P. under the title "District Census Statistics"with a separate volume for each district. In the 1951 census, when the tabulation has been more elaborate than ever in view ofthe requirements of the country, the district-wise volume has been expanded into a "District Census Handbook ", which now contains the District Census Tables (furnishing data with break-up for census tracts within the district), the District Index of Non-agricultural Occupations, agricul­ tural statistics from 1901-02 to 1950-SI and other miscellaneous statistics in addition to the usual village population statistics. The village population statistics also are given in an elaborate form giving the division of the population among eight livelihood classes and other details. 2. It may be added here that a separate set of district-wise volumes giving only populatio~ figures of rural areas by villages and of urban areas by wards and mohallas and entitled "District PopulatIon Statistics" has already been published. This separate series was necessitated by the urgent requirements of the U _ P. Government for elections to local bodies. The printing of the District Census Handbooks involves colossal work and is bound to take some time. RAJESHW~I PRASAD, I.,A.S., RAMpUR: Superintendent, Census Operations, June 24. 1954- Uttar Pr4desb. CO:N'TENTS tlftROJ)'II'OftOlt- A_The Distriot Wi! B_Ana.lysis of the Sta.tistics iii-x C-Eptplauetory notes on. the Statistics x-xii PART I -DISTRICT CENSUS TABLES A-GlDNlIlRAL POP'll'LA'rIOll' TABUS- A-I Area, Houses and Population a A·II Variation in POPJllation during Fifty Years 3 A·IIl Towns and Villago8 Classified by Population 4-5 A·IV Towns Olassified by PopUlation with Variations since 1901 6-8 A-V Towosarranged Territorially with Populat,ion by Livelihood Classes 9 E Al'ea and PopUlation of District and Tehsils by Livelihood Clas~es 10-11 B-EooNOMlO TABLEB- B-1 Livelihood Classes and Sub-classes 12-15 B.II Secondary Means of Livelihood 16-23 D-IlI Employers, Employees e.nd Independent Workel'~ in Industries and "Services by Divisions 24-54 and Sub-divisions B-IV Unemployment by Livelihood Cla.sses 55-56 Index of Non-agrioultural Occupations 57-61 O-HOUSEHOflD AND AGE (SAMl'LE) TABLES­ C·I HousehOld (Size and Composition) 62-63 C-II Livelihood Classes by Age.groups 64_69 C-III Age and Civil Condition 70-73 C·IV Age and Literacy 74-77 C-V Single Year Age Roturns 78-85 O-SOOIAL AND CULTUlI.AL TABLEs- D·I Languages (i) Mother Tongue 86-87 (ii) Bilingualism 88-91 D-lI Religion 92-98 D-II! Soheduled Castes 92-93 D·IV Migrants 94-98 D.V (i) Displaced Per80ns by Year of Arrival in India 100-101 (ii) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Classes lOO-101 -D·VI Non-Indian Nationals 100-101 D.VII Livelihood Cla8(les by Educational Staudards 102.-10'1 PAR'!' II-VILLAGE, TOWN, PARGANA AND THANA STATISTICS 1 Prima.ry ConsUl! Abstract 110-171 2 Pa.rgan... Md Tha.na·wisa PopUlation 172-113 PART-III-MISCELLANEOUR STATISTICS Vital Statisticll 1711-119 :.1 Agricultural Stat>ist>ics (i) Rainfall 180-181 (ii) Area as Cl~ified with details of area under cultivation 182-185 (iii) Cropped area. 186-201 (iv) IrEigated &rea. 2()2-t05 a Live Stook, Agrioultural Machinery and Implements 208-1I0lt 4 List of Primary Schools 210-213 INTRODUCTION .A-THF. DISTRICT l. The distriot of Buh111dshahr is situated in the upper doab of the Ganga and t,he Yamuna. It lip."! between Meerut in the north and Aligarh OIl the south; on the west it is separated from Delhi and the Punjab by the Yam~na: lind on t~e ea,st froUl ?lorltflabad an~l BudEl.un by the Ganga. The total area. of the dmtl'lCt according to the latest. returns lS 1 889" sqial'c miles and its pO}11l1at,ioll in I DiH wag about 15 lakhs. Thcrc are four tehsils. Slkandrabad, the larg€.st tehRil of d;c d~8tTic~ with an area· o~ 52!. square mil~s~oc~upies a compact area. on the north-west·. h.hurJa, wIth 459 squa.re mlle8, 18 ,~ long thlll strIP stret­ ching along the-l\.livarh border OIl the south from the Yamuna all the weRt to beyond the Kali nodi on the ea~t. Bulandshahl', wltb 476 square miles, fills the north-east and centre of the district. Anupshahr, the Amallest. tehsil with 456 square miles i8 i,ho easterll tehsil lying along the Ganga. The district ha'l 13 llarganas and 16 thana". 2. The genCl'all>urfa.ee of the count,ry in this district presents an almost lllliform level Topograph, appeamnce wit,h a gradual slope from north~weHt to ~outh-cast. The hulk of it. Iie~ on the upland between the valleys of the two great !"lvers on Its horders, !l.uci the llplanct SOlI for the most part i~ a good firm loam, though here and there sand.,!, outcrops appeal", sometimes taking the form of actual sand .hmB. Th~ geneml ~e1'el _is oth~rwjse broken by two main drainage lines of which the mORt Important IS the Kah '/'lad!. rnnnIng roughly down the centre from north to F.outh; the other iA the Nim nadi which runs more or Irs.> parallel to the Kali nadi, between it and the Ganga. Other (hainagf' IU10;; are f>1irly mnllerOllS, but for the most lX\rt ar(' purely beneficial ~'lnd not nHLl'ked, Ill' thl'I>e two are, by scollred soil along the banks. An exoeption if; found in a tract in tho cast of parga-uns £a.ran, Shikal'ptlr and l'ahailU and ill the WCilt of pal'ganas Anupshahr and Dibai, where [I tributary system of t.he Nim, lmown as Choiya, is marked by stiff soil and some "water Jogging as well as u.sar waste. Another rather inferior tract is that drained by t.llC Kharon nad1: in pargana Sikandrabad and Khurja and a small portion of parguna Barall, where saturation results in considerable patches of waste with- all uaaro1l8 taint.. T1Ie sandy outOl'OpS are most pz'Ominent in the nortll-east towards the Ganga ill pElrgana :-;ian2~ and Ahal', a.nd in discontinnous lines in the tnwt, west of the Kali in parganas Sikandrabad, Khurja and Pahasu. The edge of the upland t.owards t.he Yamuna valley in tehsil Sikandrabad is also marked by light soil and ulldulatiJl_g bJ/ur. All theRe tracts, however, make relatively small scars on an extensive fertile plain. The lowlands of the district are comparat,iveiy p,mall. Along the Ganga the kJlfu.lll,r is narrow and largely sand and waste. It has also some good soil in patches. The descent to the kkadar is genera.lly marked by precipitous ravme8 and ill places particularly in the north in pargana AhaI', the ravines extend two or three miles, or even Illore, inland. Towards the south the undulation.<.l 1\·re less pronounced. The descent to the Yamuna valley on the other side is not. so a.brupt. The <{amuna valley or khnda.r proper. is fairly wide on the north-west border but generally tenus to narrow further south. The'Madar is intersperlled with patches of waste. Cultivation lli shifting and l1ncertt1in. SOUle deterioJ'11tion is caused in a portion of it by changes in tILe Bhuriya na.rii, which has become pradically the lower course of the Hindllu. Rei. and water logging prevail in the Hindfl.n khadar. 3. The soils of th0 dist.rict are seo/a, dakra, pilota, bAu!", khadar and r('.1i,. 'rhe upland SoU. soil for t,Ile most }Htrt. is a good firm loam. locally Jmown as {!eota. It responds well to irrigation and becomes dark and rich when highly manured. It yieldl3 all the best crops. f)akm or clay is found in depressions. It iii often fert.ile but. heavy to till and being liable to floods it usually grows only mbi_ Pil.ota is yellow, light, sandy loam. It dries quickly &lld yield~ well only if it gets abundance of water. Bhur is mostly sa.nd, generally in ridges or hillocks. KharJar is river aUuvium. It i~ variable but commonly sandy, especially by the Yamwla. Belt, sltora and ka.llal' are the names of a disease of seota and dakl'a in lowly ina tracts, its extreme form being usa]' waste. It is caused by'stagnation and an unduly high water level and eats into fields thereby greatly reducing their yield. U sar land is speeialJy found in Kbllrja. In this nothing.grow'8 tfXcept. It little dluIA- and t,horn ju.ngle. The plains are white due to tell. 'TIle lli>!trict cont,ains nl1wh hmd capable of producing salt and salt- petre. These lands lie for the most part close to Yamuna but small saline patches arc to be met with along tho Ka,ji 1ur,rli where' the bank:> of Htl"Cam Iwe Jow. J{ ankar is COmmon in this district. -------- -_ .. _---_.. --------- '"- ~--- - ~ -- ~--.- "The figure has h""n 9uppliec! by t·ho Surveyor Genera! of India. Th~ figure <tifft',," fNm the,!, ~iven in 'I.'able E (1.912 squill'S miles) which iA bas{)d on clistrict I"nd ""cf)rd" survey~.